FIBA Basketball
ARG - Overseas players gather for Argentina
BUENOS AIRES (FIBA World Championship for Women) - Five foreign-based players will join up with the Argentina squad in preparation for the forthcoming South American Championship and the FIBA World Championship for Women
BUENOS AIRES (FIBA World Championship for Women) - Five foreign-based players will join up with the Argentina squad in preparation for the forthcoming South American Championship and the FIBA World Championship for Women.
Gisella Vega, Carolina Sanchez, Alejandra Chesta and guards Natalia Rios and Valentina Maggi will all link up with Eduardo Pinto's squad for training in Buenos Aires.
"We do not know when the players will arrive here, but the most important thing is they seemed happy with the project," Pinto said.
"Aside from these five, we are thinking about other players who play abroad. Besides the FIBA World Championship, the girls also want to be part of the South American tournament."
Vega, who plays for Spanish second division side Real canoe, will arrive at the end of May while Chesta, of Olesa in Spain could also arrive in three weeks.
Sanchez will join up in July while Rios and Maggi, who are without clubs at the moment, could link up sooner.
The members of the squad who play domestically will meet up on May 27.
PA Sport
Gisella Vega, Carolina Sanchez, Alejandra Chesta and guards Natalia Rios and Valentina Maggi will all link up with Eduardo Pinto's squad for training in Buenos Aires.
"We do not know when the players will arrive here, but the most important thing is they seemed happy with the project," Pinto said.
"Aside from these five, we are thinking about other players who play abroad. Besides the FIBA World Championship, the girls also want to be part of the South American tournament."
Vega, who plays for Spanish second division side Real canoe, will arrive at the end of May while Chesta, of Olesa in Spain could also arrive in three weeks.
Sanchez will join up in July while Rios and Maggi, who are without clubs at the moment, could link up sooner.
The members of the squad who play domestically will meet up on May 27.
PA Sport